By my count, there are at least three variants of conservative thought here in the US when it comes to foreign policy: The moral majority type of conservative. These people appear to be more concerned with moral issues and tend to support a war-like foreign policy. The religious right would be a good example here. … Continue reading →

Sometimes when there is a lot of hollering and shouting in an attempt to pull one’s focus to the right, you’d better look left to see what you’re missing. When someone is trying to divert your attention, there’s always something they’re pulling your attention from. This is what I think about when I think … Continue reading →

This article is from the UK Times. It’s about Blackwater, a security firm which our government contracted with for security services in Iraq. Apparently the CEO was a CIA operative and it looks like the CIA was outsourcing a few things to Blackwater as well. There has been a bit of controversy surrounding Blackwater in … Continue reading →

“If we remain poor and dependent, the riches of other men will not avail us. If we are ignorant, the intelligence of other men will do but little for us. If we are foolish, the wisdom of other men will not guide us. If we are wasteful of time and money, the economy of other men will only make our destitution the more disgraceful and hurtful. “

Frederick Douglass

“If you form the habit of going by what you hear others say about someone, or going by what others think about someone, instead of searching that thing out for yourself and seeing for yourself, you will be walking west when you think you’re going east, and you will be walking east when you think you’re going west. This generation, especially of our people, has a burden, more so than any other time in history. The most important thing we can learn to do today is think for ourselves.”